MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Benintendi
Andrew Benintendi
CWS · DH
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Portrait of Nick Kurtz
Nick Kurtz
ATH · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nick Kurtz.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, RBI, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Nick Kurtz wins 5 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG); Andrew Benintendi wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Andrew Benintendi
89.2
Nick Kurtz
93.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Andrew Benintendi
45.4%
Nick Kurtz
57.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Andrew Benintendi
8.8%
Nick Kurtz
18.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Andrew Benintendi
33.2%
Nick Kurtz
23.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Andrew Benintendi
14.4%
Nick Kurtz
15.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Andrew Benintendi
.315
Nick Kurtz
.374
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Andrew Benintendi
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .238
.223
Nick Kurtz
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .288
.227

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Andrew Benintendi
513.60
now 5
1
Nick Kurtz
513.60
now 10
2
Runshigher is better
Andrew Benintendi
2053
now 21
4
Nick Kurtz
2053
now 39
7
RBIhigher is better
Andrew Benintendi
2055
now 27
6
Nick Kurtz
2055
now 41
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Andrew Benintendi
.0008.40
now 1
0
Nick Kurtz
.0008.40
now 6
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyAndrew Benintendi — hold.conf 0.60
BuyNick Kurtz — buy.conf 0.72
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